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If you double the net horizontal force applied to a wagon, what happens to the wagon's acceleration?
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The wagon is being pulled by a force F and there is a frictional force acting against it. If the weight of the wagon is mg (mass times gravity), then the normal force acting upwards equals mg, as it is on a horizontal surface. The friction force is given by the Show more…
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